[Leica] bad news and good news about the R-D1

[joelct at singnet.com.sg (Joseph Low)]

           Sorry to disappoint you Scott - but this is the day and age of
the throw aways and
           built in obsolescenct consumer products

           In my humble opinion - the RD 1 is a test piece and market
barometer - why else would

           Epson look for a JV partner instead of building their own system
from ground zero?

           It is not for want of optical technology or the supply of quality
optics.

           We are in the era of technology becoming obsolescent in months
and not years - therefore

           they had to pop it out quickly - test the waters and take it from
there.

            If my theory is right - I dare say a Mark II should be in the
works - and I am waiting.

           Joseph Low

-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+joelct=singnet.com.sg@leica-users.org]On Behalf Of Scott
McLoughlin
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 12:14
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: Re: [Leica] bad news and good news about the R-D1

I'd consider an R-D1 if Epson showed that they were in this for the long
haul - release a few more models, expand distribution and marketing and
what not.

Richard wrote:

> As you may recall, I sent the R-D1 in for repair since the battery
> gauge does not move beyond the middle position. I know all if not most
> people who sent in their cameras in for repair got a new camera, but
> since most of the reported problems are with the rangefinder, the
> Epson customer support person thought that with a gauge problem, they
> should be able to fix it.
>
> The bad news is that they did send me a new camera. This doesn't bode
> well since when the warranty expires, this means that most likely we
> will have to rely on 3rd party to fix anything. Someone just reported
> on the photo.net site that DAG did fix his camera's rangefinder
> problem but this is disturbing in that sense.
>
> Oh well, I guess just have to take lots of pictures before warranty
> expires :-)
>
> The good news is that now I have 3 batteries and they are very
> difficult to get a hold of :-). Also, the serial # of the new camera
> is one of those extremely lucky number in Chinese numerology!
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
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